Egg-beater or the like.



E. W. H. HELKEN.

EGG BEATBR OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAgN. 24, 1912. 1,039,735, Patented Oct. 1,1912.

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EGG BEATBR OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.24, 1912.

1,089,785. Patented Oct. 1,1912.

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EMIL w. H. HELKEN, ornew YORK, 1v. Y.

EGG-IBEATEB on. THE LIKE. I

To all wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL W. H. HELKEN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and .State of New York, have invented certaini new and useful Improvements in Eg -Beaters or the Like, of which the following is a j specification, reference being had to the acv specification and claims.

companying drawings.

My invention relates tonew and useful improvements in the art of kitchen and table articles and more particularly to an egg beater or the like and my-object' is to pro-- vide a device of this character which will effectively beat eg s, whip cream, mix dough and accomplish ot er like results.

A further object of the inventionresides in providing a device which is motor operated and a still further object resides in providing means for readily breaking thecircuit, whereby the device will be inoperatively disposed.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a standard to which is pivotally mounted an arm carrying the beater proper and still another object resides in the provision of a pair. of contact posts, one on the standard and one on the pivoted arm, which posts are adapted to contact withone another, when the arm is in its lowermost-position, whereby the circuit will be completed to operate the device.

Still another objectIof the invention is to provide a device which is extremely simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient and useful in operation With these and other objects in view, my

invention'consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of arts; as will be hereinafter referredto and more particularly pointed out in the In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, F gure 1 is a side elevation of the device partly in section showi the device set up for operation; F' 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig'. 3 is a agmenta'ry vertical section through the device,as seen on line 3-3, Fig. 2:; 4

l is a horizontal section as seen on line 4-4,

on line 55,

Fig. 1, and'Fi 5 is a vertical section as seen In carrying out my fer to the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate correspond ng Specification 01' Letters Patent. Application file d January 24, 1912. Serial tubular shaft 10 terminates in a parts throughout the several views, and in Patented 001;. 1, 1912. p

which 1 indicates "a weighted baseof any desired shape and size, I having shown the same rectangular, upon which base is mount-.

ed a standard 2, which is hollow and rectan-- gular in cross section. The extreme upper portion of said standard has the inner side wall thereof vcut away and, extending.

through the side walls of the standard 2 atthis point is a shaft or rod 3, to which is pivotally mounted the dependent side walls of a plate 4, said sidewalls of the plate be ing connected below the plate 4, by -means of a portion 5. At the point where the cutaway portion of the standard 2 terminates is provided a closure plate 6, which is se-= cured to the walls of said standard and has provided therein, an electrical contact post 7, which, being adjustable, maybe permitted .to project therefrom any desired amount,

while the lower I 1portion or plate 5', which is carried on the p ate 4, is also provided with an electrical contact post 8, which is adapted to engage the post 7, when the plate 4 is disposed in a horizontal position, as shown in 1g. 3 and it will be appreciated that were there to be no other function for. the posts- 7 and 8, the same would form a means by which the plate 4 would be held in its out-' wardly extended position.

- Mounted on the plate 4, adjacent the free" end thereof is a frame like housing 9, through the central portion of which extends a vertical tubular shaft 10, which shaft has adjustably mounted thereon, an upwardly facin' crown gear 111 and said shaft depends romfthe housing ,9 and is held in position thereinby means of a boss '12, formed on the lower wall of the'housing,

which receives in engagement with the up Ber peripheral edge thereof, a collar or the ke formed on the crown gear 11. "The air of elongated spaced apart arms 13 w ich in turn terminate in a frame like member 14,

the upper portion of said frame like meniher being inclined outwardly; from its upper to its-lower ends, as shown at 15, the pur} pose of which will be hereinafter and more particularly described; When the plate 4 is disposed in its horizontal position, this tubular shaft 10, which in turn terminates in the frame 14', is 'of such length as to dispose invention, I shall re-' said frame 14 immediately adjacent the base 1 and rotatably disposed through the tubular shaft 10 is an additional shaft 16, the

upper portion of which is rotatably mounted in a bearing 17 on the upper wall of the housing 9,'while the lower end is similarly mounted in the lower wall of the frame 14.

This shaft 16 has also adjustably mounted which meshes with the teeth of the two gears 11 and 18. vThis motor 19 has connection with any source of power 19' and is also connected by means of the wire 22. to the contact post 8, while the contact post 7 is connected to the same source of power by means of a wire 23, whereby it will be seen that the contact post 7 and the post 8 are adapted to be disposed in the same electrical circuit. From this construction it will-beseen that when the plate'4 is disposed in its horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the contact posts 7 and 8 will complete the circuit to cause the motor 19 to be operated and inview of the particular connection of the pinion 21 with theupper and lower crown gears 18 and 19 respectively, the shafts 16 and 10 will be rotated in opposite directions,

The shaft 16 has mounted thereon,*adjae cent its lower end and within the frame'14, a star-shaped plate 24 which forms a beater or the like and as the shafts 10 and 16 are rotated in opposite directions, it will be seen that all matter within which this portion of the device isidisposed will be thoroughly agitated, the frame 14 in'itself also forming an agitator or beater. It will be appreciated, however, that the star shaped plate 24 will cause a considerable splashing of the 'matter as the same is rotated and in order to prevent undue splashing, the inclined or beveled portion 15 of the frame 14 has mounted thereover, a frusto-conical plate 25.

It will be understood that in operating the device ,.a receptacle of any sort (not shown) may be positioned on the base 1,

' tating of these shafts in opposite directions, will, of course, cause the matter within the. receptacle to be thoroughly agitated and when the operator deems that a sufficient.

of the housing 9.

. whereupon the plate 4 may be lowered to its. horizontal position, which will dispose the.

agitating portion of the device within the receptacle. As the plate 4 is lowered to its complete horizontal position, the contact posts 7 and 8 will contact with one another,

thereby completing the circuit and causing:

the shafts 16and 10 to be rotatedin opposite directions, as above described. The robeating has taken place, the late 4 may be readily raised by means of a andle member or finger piece 26 formed on the lower wall I have also provided means to retain this plate 4 in its raised position which comprises spring plates 27 which are secured to bearings or the like 28 formed on the one wall of the standard 2, said plates being provided adjacent their upper ends with openings 29 which are adapted to receive therein studs or the like of the dependent portions of the plate 4. When in the position, as shownin Fig. 1, the studs 30 will be considerably below the openings 29 in the plates 27 and the lower portion 5 connecting the dependent portions of the plate 4 will rest upon the brackets 28 but when the plate'4 is raised, it will be seen.

that the studs 30 may be registered with the openings 29 and entered therein to retain 30, extending laterally from the lower edges 1 said plate in a semi-raised position. This slight raising of the device will be suiiicient to break the circuitto allow the operator to be readily disposed to its inoperative posi- 7 tion.

I From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and efficient means for carrying out the objects of the invention and while I have described the elements most Well adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion, and in the mlnor details of construction may be re-' sorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

Having thus describedniy invention what pivotally mounted thereon; of a tubular shaft rotatably mounted on said pivotal member and depending therefrom, said tubular member terminating in a frame like agitator, an additional shaft rotatably dis:

posed through said tubular shaft, an agitator carried on the lower 7 ter shaft and disposed wlthin the aforesaid agitator, a deflector carried on the first mentioned agitator, and means to rotate said shafts in opposite directions 2. A device of the class described comprising a base, a standard thereon, a member pivotally mounted on. the upper portion ortion of said latof said standard, means to support said piv-' oted member in its horizontal position, a

housing mounted on said pivotal member,

beater shafts depending from said housing,

means to cause said shafts to be rotated in opposite directions upon the disposition of t e pivotal member to its. horizontal position, a finger piece formed on said housing to raise and lower said pivotal member and adjunct-ive parts, and means to retain said pivotal member and arts carried thereby in their raised and ine ective positions.

3. A device of the class described comprising a base, a standard mounted thereon, a member pivotally carried on the upper portion of the standard, bracket members also carried on the standard to support said pivoted member in a horizontal position,

beater shafts carried'on the pivotal member,

means to cause said shafts to be rotated upon the dispositionv of the pivotal member to a vhorizontal posit-ion, leaf spring members secured to said bracket members and adapted to contact with the sides of said pivotal member; said spring members being provided with openings therein, and studs mounted on the sides of said pivotal member adapted to engagethe openings in said spring members to retain said pivotal member raised above a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' EMIL W. H. HELKEN. Witnesses: v

.. HERMANN DJ HELKEN, BENJAMIN LEVENTHAL. 

